Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in South Carolina for 2009

The Law Enforcement (LEO) payscale is the federal government payscale used to determine the salaries of over 70% of federal civilian employees.

Like the General Schedule (GS) Payscale, under the LEO payscale an employee's base pay depends on two factors - the LEO Paygrade of their job, and the Paygrade Step they have achieved (depending on seniority or performance). This base pay is then modified based on a "Locality Pay Adjustment", which adjusts the LEO payscale based on cost-of-living in different areas within the United States.

South Carolina has one or more Locality Pay Adjustment areas with special locality pay adjustment rates. This page lists the locality-adjusted yearly LEO pay scales for each area, with starting pay for a LEO-1 broken down by county in the interactive map.

Any federal employees in South Carolina who do not live in an area for which a specific Locality Pay Adjustment has been set will receive the generic "Rest of the United States" locality pay adjustment of 13.86% (shown in the table below).

LEO Grade

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Step 6

Step 7

Step 8

Step 9

Step 10

LEO-3

$29,398

$30,214

$31,030

$31,847

$32,663

$33,479

$34,296

$35,112

$35,929

$36,745

LEO-4

$33,003

$33,920

$34,837

$35,753

$36,670

$37,586

$38,503

$39,419

$40,336

$41,253

LEO-5

$37,953

$38,979

$40,005

$41,031

$42,056

$43,082

$44,108

$45,134

$46,160

$47,186

LEO-6

$40,016

$41,159

$42,302

$43,446

$44,589

$45,732

$46,875

$48,018

$49,161

$50,304

LEO-7

$43,200

$44,470

$45,741

$47,012

$48,282

$49,553

$50,824

$52,094

$53,365

$54,636

LEO-8

$45,028

$46,436

$47,843

$49,250

$50,657

$52,065

$53,472

$54,879

$56,287

$57,694

LEO-9

$48,179

$49,733

$51,287

$52,841

$54,395

$55,950

$57,504

$59,058

$60,612

$62,166

LEO-10

$53,056

$54,768

$56,479

$58,190

$59,902

$61,613

$63,324

$65,036

$66,747

$68,458

The Rest of U.S. locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Beaufort, Charleston, Columbia, Goose Creek, North Charleston, Sumter, Parris Island, and other areas within the region.

The CHARLOTTE-CONCORD, NC-SC General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Charlotte and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 13.86% more than the GS base pay rates to account for local cost of living.

LEO Grade

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Step 6

Step 7

Step 8

Step 9

Step 10

LEO-3

$29,398

$30,214

$31,030

$31,847

$32,663

$33,479

$34,296

$35,112

$35,929

$36,745

LEO-4

$33,003

$33,920

$34,837

$35,753

$36,670

$37,586

$38,503

$39,419

$40,336

$41,253

LEO-5

$37,953

$38,979

$40,005

$41,031

$42,056

$43,082

$44,108

$45,134

$46,160

$47,186

LEO-6

$40,016

$41,159

$42,302

$43,446

$44,589

$45,732

$46,875

$48,018

$49,161

$50,304

LEO-7

$43,200

$44,470

$45,741

$47,012

$48,282

$49,553

$50,824

$52,094

$53,365

$54,636

LEO-8

$45,028

$46,436

$47,843

$49,250

$50,657

$52,065

$53,472

$54,879

$56,287

$57,694

LEO-9

$48,179

$49,733

$51,287

$52,841

$54,395

$55,950

$57,504

$59,058

$60,612

$62,166

LEO-10

$53,056

$54,768

$56,479

$58,190

$59,902

$61,613

$63,324

$65,036

$66,747

$68,458

The Charlotte locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: and other areas within the region.